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Sixteen-year-old Mary Elizabeth's summer job at a health club turns out to be more exciting than she bargained when a…
series of mysterious events culminate in murder. For junior and senior high readers. c1987.
1850's England. William Hartright and his sister-in-law Marian are commissioned to write a biography of Victorian artist J. M. W.…
Turner. The more they discover about the depraved company he kept, the dark places he frequented, and his mysterious link to an unspeakable act, the more his true life slips out of reach. Walter and Marian begin to wonder if they can untangle fact from an expansive web of conspiracy, or if this is a question too costly to answer. 2001.
After years of toiling upward through the ranks, Jeremy Kelling has finally attained his goal: to preside as Exalted Chowderhead…
over the Annual Scrooge Day revels of the Comrades of the Convivial Codfish. At the height of the ceremonies, Jeremy discovers that the Great Chain of the Convivial Cod is gone! He calls his new nephew-in-law, Max Bittersohn, who isn't inclined to take the Codfish seriously - until Jeremy falls victim to what may, or may not, be a particularly vicious practical joke. Some strong language. 1984.
The sustained order on Amber has been disrupted and destructive forces loom. To save his world, Corwin, prince of blood,…
embarks on a perilous journey that will take him to challenge the stronghold of Chaos. Sequel to "The hand of Oberon". Followed by "Trumps of doom". 1979, c1978. (Amber novels ; 5)
When Will Halpin transfers from his all-deaf school into a mainstream Pennsylvania high school, he faces discrimination and bullying, but…
still manages to solve a mystery surrounding the death of a popular football player in his class. Some descriptions of sex and violence, some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2010.
When the pharaohs of Egypt died, they were mummified and buried in pyramids and tombs with all their riches. But…
as centuries passed, the tombs were looted and the pharaohs' gold stolen. Then Howard Carter found the greatest Egyptian treasure trove of all - the tomb of King Tut's mummy! But did the amazing treasure come with a deadly curse? Grades 2-4. 2007.
Reformed rebel Jackson Cooper thinks he can handle anything, until a sullen teenage girl appears at his ranch, claiming the…
impossible. Though not her father, Jackson, with schoolteacher Madeline Patton, tries to help Jade. As they work toward giving a foster child a home, Maddie and Jackson might just discover the most wonderful Christmas gift of all: family. 2011.
It started with a radio newsflash as the bus carrying 15th Hampstead Cub Scouts neared their campsite. An unidentified body,…
victim of a deadly snakebite had been found near the camp. The Cubs were determined to get to the bottom of the mystery. Grades 4-7. 1983.
Prentice McHoan has returned to the bosom of his family in Scotland. Full of questions about the family's past, present…
and future, he is also deeply preoccupied: mainly with death, sex, drink, God and illegal substances. 1992.
Gwin has lost her husband to war and her children to a plague. Desolate, she nurses her stricken neighbours. But…
those who survive the plague are cursed with terrible abilities and are cast out. Gwin shelters a young girl, and this act changes her world forever. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1995.
When three shots from a Russian rifle narrowly miss the American President at a Westminster Abbey memorial service, it is…
the assassin's bad luck that Major Harry Maxim is on duty just outside. 1985. (Harry Maxim ; 3)
In the small and prosperous middle class town of Headfield, where the Margaret Thatcher Theatre opened last year, somebody is…
writing anonymous letters saying that handsome Derek Crowley is having an affair with his partner's wife. But Derek and Sandy are such an obviously contented couple. The puzzle extends to Venice and then two deaths occur. 1985.
Somewhere in the night a girl smiled as her mother burned, asylum inmates slaughtered their attendants, in slimy tunnels once-human…
creatures gathered. Madness raged as the lights began to fade and humanity was attacked by an unstoppable evil. 2012.
The English frigate on which Philip Marsham is training rescues 12 men from a sinking ship. Within three days, the…
rescued men have murdered the captain, seized the ship and sailed for the Caribbean in hopes of plunder and booty. Some violence. 1924 Newbery Award winner. Grades 5-8. 1971.
Ten stories portray different aspects of love. In the novella "Nora Jane and Company," it is 1995 in Berkeley, and…
the stability of Nora's happy family life is threatened when the fathers of her twin girls meet again. In "A Man Who Looked like Me," a woman recalls her first love's good nature and how her father's prejudice prevented her marriage. 1996.
Twenty-nine-year-old Stella Benson--ditching family, job, and London flat--escapes to the country as an au pair to a disabled teenager. The…
eccentric Madden family intrigues Stella. She gradually begins to like her antagonistic charge, Martin, who tries his best to uncover Stella's secrets. Strong language. 1999.
After Hank narrowly escapes being pushed in front of a subway train, he re-awakens to the world and finds Anya,…
a young Russian woman, on a web site. When a troubling letter from home arrives on their doorstep, Hank unwittingly finds himself funding a terrorist scheme. Some descriptions of sex. Some descriptions of violence. Some strong language. 2007.
Many of the people we met in the Balkan Trilogy have escaped to Egypt. In Cairo they meet Simon, a…
young army officer, whose desert experiences make him unfit for civilian life. Followed by "The battle lost and won". 1977.